Top 10 10. What’s that buzzing sound? Cicadas invade WNC Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Western North Carolina is witnessing a “remarkable” natural event this spring as thousands of...
Top 10 1. CBO: GOP Medicaid plan would make 7.6 million people uninsured Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill The Medicaid portion of the House GOP’s massive domestic policy bill would result in 10.3 million people...
Top 10 2. EPA will weaken rule curbing ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water Amudalat Ajasa/The Washington Post The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it plans to rescind and reconsider limits on four...
Top 10 3. Population boom or bust? Wilmington’s growth spurt sparks larger debate on ‘overdevelopment.’ Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press This was once a quaint, coastal town, all cobblestone and sand dunes. When Wilmington Mayor...
Top 10 4. N.C. lawmakers again consider making insurers cover more breast cancer tests Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh For the second time in two years, the North Carolina House has voted to require insurance companies...
Top 10 5. Atrium Health executives get hefty pay raises amid record revenues Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger The total compensation of Atrium Health’s top executives soared by an average of...
Top 10 6. Sensing opportunity, Dems lining up to run against Edwards Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Henderson County Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards’ repeated failures on economic policy, entitlement programs and Hurricane Helene...
Top 10 7. HCA revenue up by $1 billion; Mission nurses get box of Cracker Jack, visor for nurse appreciation week Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital’s corporate owner, HCA Healthcare, reported revenue of $18 billion in the first quarter of the...
Top 10 8. Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s Hope Renovations the latest local nonprofit to suffer federal funding cuts Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The award-winning founder of a nationally-celebrated Chapel Hill-Carrboro nonprofit vowed to “fight” against the recent termination of...
Top 10 9. OBX Chamber voices opposition to tolling ferry routes Outer Banks Voice In a letter dated May 13 and addressed to key state legislators, the Outer Banks Chamber of...
Top 10 10. NEA cuts already being felt in the Triad David Ford/WFDD Radio Following President Donald Trump’s calls to do away with the National Endowment for the Arts, hundreds of...
Top 10 1. Analysis forecasts possible drop in North Carolina public school enrollment Ben Humphries/Education NC A new analysis forecasts the number of students enrolled in North Carolina public schools could drop over...
Top 10 2. Rural maternity wards are closing all over NC. Siler City opened a new one. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Over the last decade, 10 hospitals have eliminated maternity care in North Carolina. Just one...
Top 10 3. Hospitals, nursing homes at risk if Medicaid provider tax cap is lowered Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News North Carolina health officials are warning that one of the many proposals being floated in Congress...
Top 10 4. Payers split on GLP-1 strategy Rylee Wilson/Becker’s Payer Issues Insurers are employing different strategies to manage the high cost of GLP-1 drugs. In May, CVS...